Nungesser supports return to open primaries, asks for funding to be restored for state parks

By: KYLAH BABIN and SHERIDAN WHITE LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE – Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser told the Baton Rouge Press Club Monday he hopes the state Legislature gets rid of the new closed primary system after the midterm elections this year. “This closed primary is costing Louisiana a little over $17 million,” Nungesser said, referring its implementation this year. “And people …